SUPER STRONG Self-Working Card Trick! Tutorial

[@steventaputoro]

Hope you enjoy this tutorial! After you’ve learnt the methods and have done the trick loads of times as I have. You be able to quickly count the key card position while the cards are spread on the table even after the spectator chooses the card! It’s such a fun trick! Follow me on Instagram: @magicsteveuk

[@robertuk444]

Hi Steven, in your performace you did not look at the cards face up after the shuffle, please explain?

[@mkctaskin52]

I think people are trying to say that in the performance you didn't peek at the key card at 26th position. You just shuffled the card and went straight to the part where spectators select the card! When did you peek at the key card without turning the deck after the spectators shuffled! People are asking about that!

[@cbnewham5633]

@@mkctaskin52 Exactly. What kind of black magic is that?! The shuffle at the start looks legitimate so it cannot surely have been pre-set for that opening demonstration and the cards are never examined after that point. So how is the card at the 26th position determined in order to eventually end up with the Two of Hearts?

[@joebrighenti3646]

But you never look at the cards face up in the demonstration. How is it possible to know the key card?

[@wendyfermo32]

! 6:34 ​@@robertuk444

[@Rokket.the.lad12]

Why are all of these comments hate! Steven, you put so much effort into your videos and thank you for being such a good teacher! Keep on going!

[@MonoManza]

I'm sorry, but I couldn't see when you 'found the key' during the performance. You went directly to the spread without doing that, unless you didn't mix the cards at the beginning, which is not the case.

[@gulvinders.24-7]

Thank you Steven for sharing a brilliant card trick. Can you also please teach us the black magic, lol, you used to peek at the 26th card in your performance? It definitely wasn't a false suffle in case you knew the 26th card already. There wasn't a jump cut in the video editing either. So, to stop us going crazy, would you please explain how you did that? Thanks.

[@scottkefgen]

The last comment is exactly why I was going to comment. Your performance doesn't match your explanations but it will work if following your tutorial. You have another trick which was impossible to get the planned results but I changed it up and looks and performs better. Thanks for the magic.

[@charlesmonte-i2x]

I think the trick was very good, the explanation was good. Also, if you saw the beginning of the trick and there was something you didn’t understand or maybe something wasn’t said in the beginning you could still figure out what he is talking about. So all you people who don’t have anything nice to say to this man who is showing you his tricks for free, so just keep your mouth shut and say thank you 10:55

[@carlloud1187]

Good trick. I like it and I'm sure it will become part of my repertoire. However, I think you should explain what happens if and when counting the 26 cards after you locate your key card there isn't enough cards to complete the count straight away. In that case, you just continue the count starting from the face of the deck. Less experienced magicians probably won't know to do this. Yes, good trick. I like it! Thanks for sharing! P.S. I like the fact that you have a copy of 'Mark Wilson's Complete Course in Magic' on the shelf behind you. I give a copy of it to all of the new magicians I meet. Heck, I still refer to it myself at times and I've been performing for over 25 years now.

[@pbgrafx]

Love it!!! Thank you for the tutorials. They make me look like a pro!

[@steventaputoro]

I’m glad mate. Thanks for supporting the channel 👊

[@robertuk444]

In your performance you did not spread the cards after the spectactor shuffled, how did you know what the key card was?

[@steventaputoro]

Check out my pinned comment 😎

[@robertuk444]

@@steventaputoro checked out your pinned comment, but you do not look at the face up cards after the spectator has shuffled the in your performace. you go straight to getting the spectator to cut them.

[@dartfield4655]

@@robertuk444 I'm puzzled too, no matter how fast you count, you'd still need to peek at the 26th card AFTER they shuffled it. the prepped deck version would be the most fooling one but there are a good chunk of miracles you can do with a stacked deck anyways.

[@cessnagreg]

@@steventaputoro the question remains: how/when did you identify the key card in your initial presentation?

[@rayburr7280]

Hi Steven another really fab card trick. I added a slight twist at the front end by testing the spectator's ability to cut exactly to the 26th card and then getting them to confirm by counting face up to the 26th card. Keep up the great work Also loved "The GREATEST Card Trick Ever - TUTORIAL! " Cheers mate.

[@JoelSolomon-q5x]

Love this one!! Keep ‘em coming Bro.

[@steventaputoro]

I got you bro 👊

[@jandg_tdu]

It's a great trick for beginners to learn :) I have many more variants of it as I'm sure you have also

[@robertthejack]

Very nice trick. Was that a false shuffle you did at the beginning? You never counted to the 26th card so guessing you had already done it before the video started.

[@unsafechain1329]

I can't help but notice your performance didn't use either method explained in the video. You start with your "spectator" shuffling the cards and then you go straight into the selection. Your performance didn't have an opportunity to look at the 26th card. Can you explain that please?

[@steventaputoro]

Sure! I used the basic method. I’ve been doing this trick a while. I’ve learnt to count quickly to the 26th card with the cards spread on the table :) After time you’ll be able to quickly count.

[@unsafechain1329]

@@steventaputoro The point I’m trying to make is in order for the trick to work it’s necessary to have a key card prior to the trick starting.The two ways this can be done (as you explained) is either you plant a key card of your choice before the trick starts and the spectator can’t shuffle them OR you fan through the cards AFTER the spectator shuffles in order for you to get a peek at the 26th card under the guise of “getting a feel for them”. Your performance did NEITHER of those. You state during the performance at the beginning that the spectator shuffles the cards (which means you don’t have any knowledge of what the key card is, correct?) And then proceed to immediately, without fanning through the cards to peek at the 26th card, obtain a selected card through the process of shuffling and cutting and so forth. At that point, the cards were shuffled fairly by the spectator and the spectator has a card in mind without you as the magician EVER looking at the faces of the cards to obtain the needed key card. Am I making sense? I’m sorry this is a long comment I’m just trying to understand.

[@bryanbuckles3864]

@@unsafechain1329 I wondered the exact same thing. Unless he started with false shuffles (which it didn't appear to be the case) I'm not sure how his explanation correlated with his demonstration of the trick. Based on his explanation, the “basic” method does not allow for initial shuffling of the entire deck, as shown in the demonstration. I am curious about this as well. Even still, thank you, steventaputoro, for the trick.

[@robertuk444]

@@bryanbuckles3864 i think it must be something to with video editing, but it is misleading, at no point does he peek at the cards after the shuffle, so there is no way to know what the key card is, unless as previously suggested, the card was already placed in the pack and he false shuffled them to maintain its position, but looking at the shuffle i dont think that was the case.

[@juegapapa4300]

Exactly. Lousy explanation

[@RobertBallMagician]

I have the book, and it is a fooler. Even you preset the key card, you can still do some false cuts and shuffles. Also the additional shuffles by the spectator and cutting of the deck sells it 👍😊👍

[@coppersilver]

What is the book, please?

[@matchstickdesignco]

@@coppersilver He mentions it in the video: The Royal Road To Card Magic.

[@RobertBallMagician]

@matchstickdesignco Yes that's correct but l don't remember the page in the book.

[@CarlAllison-hv6oy]

Great trick Steven,nice and essy for my arthritis in my hands! Thank you so much mate 😊❤

[@steventaputoro]

My pleasure mate 👊

[@nation4747]

Great trick, it takes few times to understand and practice.

[@mohdameruddin7672]

Fantastic trick 🎉🎉🎉i really love this channel ❤❤❤ if you can upgrade the audio quality, i will love this channel even more. Again this is a great trick. Keep it up 👍👍👍♠️♥️♣️♦️

[@steventaputoro]

I appreciate your support! Means a lot 🙏🏽

[@sasidhar_palagummi]

I earnestly feel you should have a relook at your tutorial! Is the Selected Card will be at 25th position or 26th? Let me recall the steps involved in the tutorial: Pick the cards in the following order, 1. Cards 10 and 20 are held by the spectator. 2. Card 22 is given to the magician, who has the Key Card (KC) at the 16th position. 3. The top card of the pile of 10 is the Selected Card (SC) by the spectator. He places the pile of 20 on top of it. 4. Then, the magician places his pile of 22 on the combined pile of 10 and 20. The order of the piles is now: 22-20-10.
The positions of the Key Card and the Selected Card in the deck are 16th and 43rd, respectively. There are 26 cards between the Key Card and the Selected Card. At this stage, cut the deck roughly in half into two piles (say..) of 24 and 28 cards. Place the pile of 28 on top of the pile of 24, as demonstrated by you. Now, the positions of the Selected Card and the Key Card in the deck are 19th and 44th, respectively. This leads to the following order: 18-SC-24-KC-8. There are now 24 cards between the Key Card and the Selected Card.
Hence, counting after the Key Card up to the Selected Card, it will be the 25th card and not the 26th. The Selected Card will be 26th only if we start counting from the Key Card. Can you please check and clarify? Thanks!

[@awkaos]

Yes, the 25th, not the 26th. Watch him as he counts to the "26th" at 6 minutes -- he throws in an extra count. It is the 25th.

[@karas89]

What kind of deck of cards is that? It looks cool!

[@steventaputoro]

Red Regalia’s by Shin Lim 👊

[@karas89]

Thanks! ​@@steventaputoro

[@502deth]

what deck is that? i love it

[@steventaputoro]

Red regalia by shin lim

[@coppersilver]

Good trick (“less is more” style)! Only a remark: sincerely I have no idea how it’s possible to know the identity of the top-26 (key) card following your presentation. That is with two overhand shuffles ( but not Ireland style in order to maintain 26th in its position, peeling cards one by one near the center…). So your version is unexplainable to me!!

[@rossmurrayfam1568]

can you have aces in the pack?

[@lenardtan7169]

Great and simple video tips

[@lordbountifulitsme7919]

Great job 🎩♠️

[@peterskowron5937]

I’m going to practice that trick and add that to my performance❤

[@carlpowers7291]

❤love the content

[@AIRDriger]

Very good one. Thanks for sharing!

[@warren52nz]

I learned a similar trick almost 60 years ago and I've never met anyone who can figure it out. The last part is the same but I have a different method of discovering the key card.

[@elixerray]

Please tell us. 😊

[@warren52nz]

@@elixerray I shouldn't but let's just say I know the card from the start even though they're shuffled.

[@guillermoaltuve3681]

thanks again from Venezuela.... thanks you a lot....

[@MikeFarnhamGalaxysEdgeGroup]

I keep multiple decks with me, all of them have my favorite key card at the bottom, so I can always find their card no matter what deck they choose.

[@photonsonpixels]

Awesome! Thanks.

[@CoolThing702]

Demmmmmm! But problem is dat my spectator thinks I’m cheating when I’m seeing 26th card in startin😢

[@rossmurrayfam1568]

after i put the cards back together found my keycard counted along, byt there wasnt 26 cards after i got to my keycard?

[@tayloreddesigns6852]

I don't see the self working part. Maybe I'm just really dumb but I do understand your explanation.

[@jonball9744]

I believe that by "self-working" he means it doesn't take learning any sleights of hand to perform.

[@johnhill2169]

Where in Royal Road may one find this trick?

[@DrThomasWay]

I did a quick look in "The Key Card" chapter of Royal Road to Card Magic. Pretty sure this is "The Twenty-Sixth Card" with a variation of Magician's Choice added on as an ending. It's way too procedural of a trick to play well, though. Audience reaction for this will be kinda meh.

[@Patiencelad]

Love it! Thanks.

[@gamerfreakz2327]

What’s the deck called?

[@diabolikhunter]

this is insane ❤

[@darrenhadden1037]

A+ trick❤

[@monsterthegamer5138]

5:13 NO WAYY I got the queen of diamonds in the small deck

[@hamerray]

This is a bit confusing. It's like there's two versions of this and he's only showing one of them. He doesn't to be too honest with his viewers.

[@JudahBaucham]

sweet!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! so cool 😎😎😎😎😎😎😎 !!!!!!!

[@lethalwolf7455]

Very good

[@Magician4diamonds]

What deck are you using❤

[@steventaputoro]

Red Regalia - shin lim

[@Magician4diamonds]

Oh i have the gold one ok thanks!

[@scottreacher4620]

Nice!

[@roncasa4042]

🎈🎈👍👍👏😁😀

[@jaredbluhm6046]

Show stopper Thanks for sharing

[@atisezmis]

You should be the best:)

[@thefilmsett]

Magicians choice

[@hoodleehoo]

I don't understand why it works. Can anyone explain?

[@MikeFarnhamGalaxysEdgeGroup]

math

[@ryancooke7033]

@@MikeFarnhamGalaxysEdgeGroupcan you be more specific? It seems when you cut the deck the key card could be anywhere, not 26 cards from their card

[@jachymdolezal5103]

@@ryancooke7033 it has to do with the fact that you remember the 26th card and 26 is exactly half of 52 (deck size), so when then he does the cuts he makes sure not to cut the 26th key card and it does not matter how much cards you cut because the position of their selected card will be always the same relative to your key card. you the spectator shuffles the two smaller cuts but then he chooses the card and you only do one cut after that, so you dont change the positions of key card and chosen card relative to each other

[@ryancooke7033]

@@jachymdolezal5103 thank you!! I think I get it. I understand now they are 26 cards away from each other but all that shuffling still confuses me🤣😂🤣

[@JodyREYNOLDS-w1y]

26!?🙈 When YOU shuffle the bottom pack, while they are looking at their top card… PEAK at the bottom card (key card) THEN it goes right on top! NEXT TO THEIRS! count to 1!🙀 Not 26!

[@andrewtaputoro2231]

😮

[@SilentShadovv]

The performance is impossible

[@OsmanOsman-jl5ig]

2040

[@mikeziniti]

What a bunch of boloney. The trick, as described, is absolutely not “self working”. But that doesn’t matter because the instructions provided do not match the initial trick that was demonstrated.

[@OsmanOsman-jl5ig]

1244

[@Jzthegameboy]

First comment!

[@XeiDaMoKaFE]

Why the nazi cards

[@sith_holocron]

Nazi cards

[@payamda9912]

dislike

[@petrchromcak7249]

Worst trick I ever seen. And l haven't been fooled.

[@janurban5546]

???